Clip.



N. E. CLARK.

CLIP.

APPLICAHON FILED APR-26. 1917.

3 nveml'oz NORRIS ELMORE CLARK, OF PLADIVILTJIE, CONNECTICUT.

CLIP.

Specification ofiLetters Patent.

Patented Jan. a, rate.

Application filed April 26, 1917. Serial No. 164,782.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NORRIS ELMORE CLARK, acitizen of the United States of America. and residing at Plainville. in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a clip particularly intended for securing ribbed expanded metal to supports. such as I-beams. It is customary to lay sheets of expanded metal the saddle and terminating in a hook adaptedto be caught underneath one edge of the rib. a clamp extending in the same direction from the opposite side of the saddle adapted to be passed through the fabric ,and caught under the flange of the I-beam and terminating in a spring clamping portion.

Figure 1 is a plan View of the clip showing the relative angular relation and dimensions of the preferred form.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 4c is a side view showing the clip in use.

Fig. 5 is an end and section showing the clip in use.

Fig. 6 is a plan view showing the clip and showing it in the act of application to a rib (the I-beam being omitted).

The saddle 10 is shaped approximately to fit over the edge of a rib 11. One side 12 of the saddle is preferably shorter than the other side 13. The short side has an arm 14 adapted to extend alongside the rib and terminates in a latch or hook member 15 adapted to be inserted through the mesh of the fabric and caught under the flange 16 of the rib. The clamp is made up of the upper short arm 17, the lower arm 18 and theborinecting member 19. This clamp terminates in a spring foot 20 which is adapted to engage under the flange 21 of the I-beam.

The relative positions of the various elements of the clip when it is not in use are shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. Preferably, the

metal has considerable resiliency so as to afford spring tension to draw and hold the parts into the position shown in Figs. 1, 5 and 6 when in use.

To apply the clip the tip of the member :20 is inserted in the opening in the mesh-work alongside of the rib near the edge of the I-beam as shown dotted in Fig. 6. The clip is then tilted so that the clamping foot is brought underneath the edge of the I-beam as shown by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 6. The saddle 10 is then snapped up over the edge of the rib. This applies a warping tension to the clamp and the clamping foot so as to cause themto bind and draw the fabric down against the I-beam. The latch hook 15 is then sprung down beneath the opposite edge of the rib. This added tension increases the binding effect of the saddle on the top of the rib and increases the binding efi'ect of the clamp on the fabric and the I-bcam. When the parts are embedded in plaster, cement or concrete. the clip is,-of course, permanently locked in position.

While I have shown this clip as applied for. the purpose of securing the rib to the I-beam, it will be obvious that the clip may be similarly employed to h ld together two overlapping ribs of fabric.

I claim':

1. A rib lath clip compris a rib-engaging member adapted to stra die a rio, a

an arm extending from the opposite side of said rib-engaging member in the same direction as the clamping member and terminating in a. latching hook facing in the sanie direction as the clamping foot.

2. A clip of the character described, comprising a saddle, a long latching arm extending'from one edge of the saddle in one direction. a clamp connected to the opposite side of the saddle and having an arm extending in the same general direction as the latching arm and terminating in a laterally extending resilient clamping foot.

3. In a clip of the character described, a saddle having a short side and a long side.

clamping part of which foot extends beyond the plane alatching arm extending from the short side, a clamp extending from the lon side and terminating in a laterally extende foot in a plane substantially perpendicular to the saddle and parallel to the latching arm, a

of th%' saddle.

4;. n a clip of the character described, a saddle adapted to rest on a nib, an arm extending from one side thereof having its end adapted to be inserted under the corresponding edge "of the rib at some distance from the saddle, a clamp connected to the other side-of the saddle and having a shortarm extending in the same general direction as the long arm, a lower member adapted to extend under the edge of the flange of an I-beam, a connecting member adapted to extend through the fabric alongside the edge of the rib opposite to said long arm and a laterally extended foot adapted to bind against the loWer face of the I-beamj] 5. In a clip of the character described, the combination of a saddle, a latching arm extending in one direction from one side thereof, a clamp having its shank extending in the same direction from the opposite side thereof and having its upper and lower portions disposed at acute angles to said long arm, and a clamping foot disposed in a Warped. plane whereby the tension of the long arm when the clip is in use causes binding of the clamp and the clamping I foot.

6. A clip of the character described comprising a saddle adapted to engage a rib and having one side longer than the other,

arms extending in the same direction from said sides, one arm being longer than the other and being inclined outwardly away from the other and terminating in a hook 15 at the end of arm 14:, a member 19 con nected to arm 17 and a member 18 connected to member 19 and terminating" in a spring member 20.

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